Will of Thomas Chapman

of Fawkham, Kent

Source: PCC 1796
Transcribed by Peter Adams and Zena Bamping
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me Thomas Chapman of Fawkham in the County of Kent Yeoman.
I give to my three Cousins Elizabeth Wakeman Philadelphia Wakeman and Nicholas Wakeman fifty pounds a piece
when they attain the ages of twenty one years

All the rest and residue of my personal Estate, Live and Dead Stock of every kind I give and bequeath unto
Mary Cooper of Fawkham aforesaid and to her Son John Cooper jointly between them during the life of her the
said Mary Cooper and at and after the decease of the said Mary Cooper then to the said John Cooper his heirs
and Assigns But my Will and mind Is that the said Mary Cooper and her Son John Cooper shall take care and
provide for my Mother Mary Chapman during her life

and I do hereby appoint my Uncle Nicholas Wakeman and the
said Mary Cooper Executors to this my Will hereby revoking and declaring to be void all other Wills and I do declare
this only to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty
third day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy[ninety] six Thomas Chapman
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Chapman the Testator as and for his last will and testament
in the presence of us and who in
his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our Names and Witness hereto John Wellard Saml Smith and Richd Rabson

This Will was proved at London the nineteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and ninety six before the Worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William
Wynne Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
constituted by the Oaths of Nicholas Wakeman the Uncle of the Deceased and Mary Cooper Widow Executors named
in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the
said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer